Improvement in cigar-bundling machines



UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

. NAPOLEON DU BRUL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-BUNDLING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,591, dated August10, 1875; application filed December 19, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON DU BRU'L, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,Ohio, have invented a new and useful Machine for Bundling Oigars, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention relates to a new and useful adjustable rack or former toreceive and hold a bundle of cigars preparatory to binding the same.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing thestandards brought near together so as to form a small bunch 0r bundle.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, showing the standards placed wide fora large bundle. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line a: :r. Fig. 4is a perspective view, showing a portion of one of the standardsdetached.

The base may consist of a slab of wood having two pairs of parallelvertical kerfs, B, and two horizontal kerfs, O. The checks or standardsD may be of sheet metal, and have their opposing edges bent so as toform flanges E, which serve both to maintain the shape of the standardand to present a smooth and flat inclosure for the cigars, not liable tocut or mar the same. The lower ends of the stand ard are benthorizontally to form feet F, which, engaging in the kerfs G, as shown,serve to hold the standards to their proper erect position.

The plates F may extend across the kerf C from one vertical slot B tothe other vertical slot, so as to unite the two standards, which composeeach respective pair. By this means the standards are securely unitedtogether, and rendered more rigid than they would be if furnished withshort feet or flanges. This coupling-plate also insures the simultaneousmovement of the two shifting standards, thereby keeping their flanges Ein line with each other, by which means the bundle is formed in aperfectly symmetrical shape. The standards are rigidly coupled in pairsbybracerods G securely soldered thereto, and which, passing through thestandards, are screwthreaded on their protruding portions H to takethumb-nuts I. J are angle-plates having curved slots Kto receive thesaid portions H of rods G. These plates have flanges L like the flangesE on the standard, and for the same purpose. One pair of standards iscapable of being shifted backward or forward to suit the size of thedesired. bundle, and of being held to any specific adjustment by a pawlor dog, M, Whose point is for this purpose capable of easily penetratingthe substance of the base. The opposing pair of standards is securelyattached to the base A by means of screws or nails d. Secured to thekerf O, and at the extreme end of base A, is a cleat or strip, N, whichprevcntsthe shifting standards becoming detached from the wooden slabconstituting the table of the machine. The angle-plates also are capableof being fixed at any desired level by means of the thumb-restsaforesaid.

- 1 claim as new and of my invention- 1. The standards D, having flangesE, the rods G H, the angle-plates J K, and nuts I, in combination withthe kerfed base A B G, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The paired adjustable standards D, having the feet F, the base Ahaving kerf O, as and for the purpose set forth.

. 3. In combination with the base A and standards D, the adjustableangle plates J K, for the purpose designated.

g In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

NAPOLEON DU BRUL.

